Bose Adelakun |
An Inspector of Customs, identified as Haruna has sustained injuries following an attack by some suspected smugglers on officers of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCoS) in a Katsina border town.
The was learnt that the thugs who were harmed with dangerous weapons, attacked the officers and men of the agency attached to the Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’, on Wednesday while on anti-smuggling patrol along the Dankama Area of Katsina State at about 13: 00 hours.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ Kaduna, SC Isah Sulaiman, and obtained by NATIONAL TELESCOPE on Friday.
According to the statement, the wounded officer was rushed to a hospital for proper medical attention and is responding to treatment.
“It is pertinent to state that the Nigeria Customs Service is an agency that is saddled with the responsibility of enforcing government fiscal policies for collective societal good. The unit’s officers would not fold their arms and allow smugglers who have no regard for the laws of the land to perpetrate their nefarious activities to the detriment of our security and economic well-being,” the statement added.
“On this note, Comptroller FOU ‘B’, Musa Ibrahim Jalo is very concerned about the injuries inflicted on his officer and directed a full-scale investigation to fish out the perpetrators of this barbaric act. He stated that any further attacks on any officer of the Unit would not be tolerated and would be treated with utmost resistance from our operatives.
“He added that such violent attacks will never deter the operatives of the Unit from carrying out their legitimate duties, no matter whose ox is gored.”
